verification (ver"ifikashon)

[OF. ver i fication, F. vérif i cation = Sp. verificacion = Pg. verificação = It. ver if i caz i one, Exceptional phenomena solicit our belief in vain until such time as we chance to conceive them as of kinds already admitted to exist. What science means by verification is no more than this. W. James, Prin. of Psychol., II. 301. 2. In law : (a) A short affidavit appended to a pleading or petition to the effect that the statements in it are true. (b) At common law, the formal statement at the end of a plea, "and this he is ready to verify." verificative (ver'i-fi-ka-tiv), a. [ cat us , pp. of ver if i care , verify, + -ive .] Serving to verify; verifying.